Mom Jailed, Boyfriend Sentenced To Death For Killing Son Thought To Be Gay

A 34-year-old mother, Pearl Fernandez, has been jailed for life and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, 37, sentenced to death for the murder of her 8-year-old son who they tortured and abused until he died because they thought he was gay. .

The duo were sentenced on Thursday for the May 2013 death of her son Gabriel.
Over the course of several months, the pair tortured Gabriel at their home in Los Angeles by locking him up in cabinets, beating him with bats and shooting him with BB guns. .

The boy was taken to hospital on May 23, 2013, after he stopped breathing. He had pellets lodged in his lung and groin and had a fractured skull.